Wheel mounting device



Feb. 20, 1940. J. T. MENKEN ET AL WEFIEL MUNTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 22, 195e INVENTOR Unire. stares rare WHEEL MOUNTING DEVICE John T. Menken, Hillsdale, and Frank B. Herbert, i

Westwood, N. J.

Application January 22, 1938, Serial No. 186,264

2 Claims. (Cl. 301-9) This invention` relates to means to facilitate apertures in the plate 8, which is provided with the locking of demountable Wheels of motor a plurality of spacing blocks il Which separate vehicles. plate 8 from a cover plate lll, the blocks 9 having The usual demountable wheel as now provided a width greater than the width of the gears ii 5.1 on motor vehicles is mounted on a plurality of so that the gears can freely rotate `between the 5 threaded studs projecting from a drum. The plates. Plates 8 and Ill aresecured together by studs pass through openings in the Wheel, and means of bolts Il passing through the plates the Wheel. is positively locked to the drum by and the spacing blocks The plate 8 is ronuts engaging the studs. There are usually 5 or 6 vided with an aperture at the center thereof 10 nuts and they tightly engage the studs, which, through which passes a cap il having a gear 10 When it is necessary to remove a Wheel to change I2 attached to one end thereof, the other end a tire or for other purposes, requires 5 or 6 operaof the cap being provided with spaced holes i3 tions to loosen the nuts on the studs. Similarly, adapted to receive a Spanner Wrench to rotate when the wheel is mounted on the drum the same the cap II and the gear i2. rlhe gear ll is in number of operations are required to tighten the mesh with the plurality of small gears so that 15 nuts on 'the studs. when gear I2 is rotated the small gears fi will It is an object of` this invention to provide a be rotated to simultaneously rotate the nuts 5. device whereby a Wheel can be unlocked or In locking or unlocking a vehicle wheel, the locked to a drum by a single operation. nuts 5 are placed over the studs and the gear A further object of the invention is the proi2 is rotated by means of a Spanner wrench or 20 vision of a locking and unlocking device for deother tool engaging the cap il. This operation mountable Wheels Which is applicable to standrotates the nuts `5 in the desired direction to ard types of vehicle Wheels Without material tighten the nuts on the studs or to loosen them. alteration. While the above device has been described A further ObjeCl 0f this l'lVeIlllOl iS' 611e DlO- being provided with holes i3 for receiving the 25 Vision 0f a tOOl which Carl be used fOl" COBVGH- Spanner Wrench it is obvious that the cap li iently and rapidly tightening or loosening a plumight be polygonal sothat it can receive a diflllty 0f HUUS YOHI El plurality 0f Studs by a ferent type of tool Without departing from the single operation. spirit of the invention.

These and other advantageous objects, which The openings in the hub plate ofthe Wheel 30 will later appear, are accomplished bv the simple are surrounded by short flanges lt (see a) and practical Construction and arrangement of which taper outwardly. The nuts s have niet: parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the ends thereof inwardly tapered as shown at it t@ accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and nt in the tapered aange M when the nuts are in Which being attached to the studs il. By providing the 35 Fg- 1 iS a Veltl SGCGOl-l taken thOllgh the tapered anges surrounding the apertures and center of the hub portion of a demountable tapering the ends of the nuts, centering Wheel DIGVed With 0111 impl-"Oiled IOCkllg and properly positioning of the nuts on the studs isI Ill'llGClilg deVCQ, facilitated and assured. The end of the nut is 40 Fig. 2 is an elevational view of our improved also provided With a counter-sunk portion lil 40 device with parts brok-en away, and which is not threaded, and which facilitates the Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of a part of a deentrance of the stud 2 into the nut. mountable Wheel and a part of our improved From the above description it will be seen that device. there has been provided a simple and rugged Refe'llg 170 the drawing, there iS Shown n device for readily and conveniently locking a 45 FgS. 1 and 3 a Standard type Of drum l, having demountable Wheel to a` vehicle by a simple projecting, therefrom a plurality of threaded operation. studs il which pass through openings in the hub The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as 3 of a vehicle Wheel il. descriptive and illustrative only7 and not as re- The device for locking the Wheel to the drum, strictive or limitative of the invention. of 50 (see Fig. 3) is provided with a plurality of rotatobviously, embodiments may be constructed inable nuts 5 which engage the studs 2. Each of cluding many modifications, Without departing the nuts E has xed thereto a small gear 6 from the spirit and scope of the invention herein which has a shoulder i9 engaging with a plate 3, set forth and denoted in the appended claims.

and a projection l rotatably passing through Having thus described our invention, what vve 55 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device for locking a demountable wheel upon a plurality of threaded studs, a plurality of threaded nuts adapted to engage said studs, small gears attached to said nuts, a pair of spaced plates rotatably supporting said gears and nuts, one of said plates having an opening at the center thereof, a cap passing through the opening at the center of one of said plates and having a large gear engaging all of said small gears, and means to enable the cap to be rotated by a tool. f

2. In a device for locking a demountablewheel upon a plurality of threaded studs, a plurality of threaded nuts adapted to engage said studs, small gears integral with said nuts, a pair of spaced plates rotatably supporting said gears and nuts, means for maintaining said plates spaced apart, one of said plates having an opening at the center thereof, a cap passing through said opening and having a large gear integral therewith, said large gear being in mesh with all of the small gears, and means to enable the cap to be rotated 10 by a tool.

JOHN T. MENKEN. FRANK B. HERBERT. 

